New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-06
CHILDREN WBo TRULY NEED FRESH AIR.
A LAraE PARTY SENT OUT BY INsrRMARY Ply
sIcIANs-THE HOSTS.

CHILDREN THO TRULY NEED FRESH AIR.
LAraE PARTY SENT OUT BY INsIRMARV Ply
sICIANs-rHE HOSTS.
ono hundred and seventy Fresh-Ar children Win
their otaers and tathers host OF relatives anp III
army OF attendants and workers tbfobged tue waning
rooms of the Grand Central Station las%nght. ie"
minutes after o'clock the train bearing INC ffoen
Air party bound for WatertowD, Antwerp anu o'nel
points pulled out OF the station WIN i's ""nsn'ou
carso OF Youngsters leaving behind band OF weep
In o mothers and n handful o. relieved attendants.
The main portion of the party, numbering lo'
chiidrea. is full of interest," inasinnch as IL was
s,ecialy selected and is designed to serve special
ends The o-n of the party is peculiar. and Is Que
to n CORRESPONDENCE between DR.. Apne 5. Daniel of
this city. aud DIR. Cornelius X. Conkey, OF Water
town, n. Y Doctor Conkey was determined that
the Fresh-Ar cause. which was 80 popular at water
town last year. should not be allowed 10 languish this
and il was believed that the cid interest IN
the Fresh-Ar children could be retained It the work
was made more personal and individual 10 this
end Dr. Daniel and DR.. Eleanor u. hilhsm agreed
10 furnish their friend, Dr. Conkey, with large
number of Children, giving personal history OF each
little boy and girl. THIS account was read to the
watertown committee of which DIR. Conkey and
Miss Dn Bots prominent members The interest
stirred up by the account soon arose to enthusiasm
ana the committee had no difficulty in providing
places for the children.
In tact the interest was 80 strong that the places
were almost me lately Glled. and in very many
cases tie hosts expressed desire to entertain The
particular little unfortunate whose lie history nau
so much OF pathetic interest IN ADDITION 10 TINS
party Drs. Daniel and kilnam VIII SEND parry Oh
fourteen girls and twenty boys TO Dr. Douglas OF Dex
ter n Y who will see 70 1T that they are provided
With comfortable homes ana entertainer Tor Two
weeks. disidusliy the party furnished by Drs.
Darel and KIham interesting. Every one OF
the children has been at some period OF the past year
npder the charge OF these lady physicians as dis
pansary patients at the Ncw-York lntrmary Tor
Women and Children and at the present tina several
OF the party delicate and weak.
One taycrIte child, who gees by the dubious name
nj Mo.ea -" has been in the lahrmary for six
months and has now received a special request to
visit Mrs Mofatt. OF Wateriown. Mrs Iohatt has
remained at her home for Moses, and on bis arrival
will take aim for visit of several weeks at her
summer home among the thousand Islands Moses
was q peculiar object OF attraction at the station as
ne erowed his delight, and murmured throughout
the evening /" l. want to go way on the foot cars
In addition to the dispenser, patients several OF the
children come from Mt. Sinai Hospital, and on this
account u considerable number OF Hebrews aud
Russian Polands among the delegation.
The scene at the Womens lnfirmary. at Eighth-st
and Seeond-aye., yesterday afternoon would have
pnzzed IN ordinary citizen, Tor the peculiar gather
Ing seemed to psrtake OF the nature OF a picnic.
medical examination and q museum or cur0Silies.
The hundred odd children supplied the nrst character
istic the medical staff the second and tie crowd
which collected and hung around the gates for
cnriosities The medical examination was most
thorough and lot without touches OF humor. Each
little advanced TO the position which tue medical
exauiuers consisting OF three lady physieiaDs. Drs
Anne :. Daniel Eleanor B. klham and 5. A. French,
occupied and thorough inspection OF vulnerable
points ensuei The CHI et poiCt OF oph, and med
cal attack was the head. Copions doses OF Kerosene
administered days ago, had destroyed one great
enemy OF tbs Flesh-Air work, and peculiarly fatal
ojntu.f Mt was sprinkled in needed places as final
remedy, and The youngsters emerged IRON the exam
nation with wet crests, tnt an unimpeachabe con-
IL tN..la two nn~s hafO he
last child had passed through the hands OF the three
examiners. ana if the delay tedious 1t will al
least secure the children clean I'LL OF health Tor
entry into the port OF WateriOsn.
One boy in the party was guilty OF playing an IN
genous trick upon the physicians during tue previous
exam nations. This lad had not been under the ply
scians care for several months until the Ere-h hair
season drew nigh, when be punciually made bis APP
pearsnce on dispensary days and made complaint
o. headache. his affection disposed of, but on
the succeeding dspensary day tee same Is reported
the headache hac been suPers ded by so intense
stomach ache. On another aston the Lads ph
condition was expressed In his iowu words Oh,
doctor, stand the headache and try to bear up
under the stomach ache but feel all gone inside, and
Pm sure ITS because need the fresb-Air" This lad
might have been observed last evening as patriarch
among his FreshAir companions. entitled TO that
respect which his internal chaos invited 1t required
four physicians, four attendants, janitor and
poiceman arrange the details satisfactorily ana
about o'clock the party took its way across to Inc
station like an innumerabie flock OF sheep.
After the usual round OF questions WHAT time
N where DO NC go 10 r. now long wall
the cars run, mister r. "say boss kin yez git all the
rsai apples I'd bossrides you want the country ~
teacher may have drink = and. so on tho little
snes excitedly and IN pemel order rushed through
the gates as their names called, hurried init
the cars and struggled for the seats which would give
them the most picturesque view OF The Hudson By
moonlight Dr. Daniel and DIR. Kilhan, both OF
whom are members OF THE tribune Fresh-Air
medical staff, will accompany their tpsrty TO Water
town.
Ia additn to this special party there tysix
lads and lasses destined Tor antwerp, Rochester
Adams Centre, DeKalb Junction, Nopvoord and Fots
dam. Fourteen OF these children were chosen by Mrs
McKlauon Bible-reader, who has chosen them from
the district the East Side visited BY her. Others
ONE from the Seventy-iourth Street Sunday-schoo
and the Ffiy-iourth Street Mission. Two Little girls
are especially invited 10 Rochester by man who
saw y carload of Fresh-Airs" of their jour-
new, beeams interested in them and decided to lake
two of them to his home Tor tortnights vacation
This party was examined by Drs. Eleanor b. kilham
f. o. Manning, &. +. Stokes and .. f. Giles.
The children in the various parties will be enter
tanned follows:
Apwrr L Jennings aspIy ws s.d Edcin SWIM w
Chester Mack Mrs Cyrus Graham B. T. Cline John Kelly
M ms k sss Elicit
& s ss ms
@ nr hsn Thomas Bs M james Neville
NJ. Ley swn Mrs w hsDSs mrs csasss AUNT
nr'f Milo g. Bacon
W p hanin. De Kale Junction~Josepo Basey.
D4s:.sl % sas fh'RsH q Ii !sS Nj: S5s
Asa Mrs. It 4 sp MIN
Anna as kseh s mrs sost srs TsnasrsoH Mrs Hcs@er
Parker Mrs. Luthern, Mrs sewel, Mrs. Dixon. Mrs
Fuller Mr.. Dunays Mrs Lester smith, Mrs Kclyea. Mrs
Kstch Mrs Giles Meade Mrs sachell Mrs Fosgate.
Mrs Sebastian: Mira Taeti. Mrs Lyndner Mrs Hudson
Sheriff. Mrs Mctomber. L. Wcddo Mrs Bourette. Mrs
Bag. Mrs Bourete. Mrs Mcdonald Mrs. Psuing, Mrs.
Mckay aud Mr. Phipper.
The children at Dexter will be distributed By Dr.
Douglass
WELCOMING FREsH-AlR CHILDREN.
GRoroS n. Y, Aug. 5-something OF a sensation was
created In this quiet little town yesterday when dele